Combined sole and arch construction for shoes



Feb. 8, 1938. J R, RIGAND; 2,107,620

COMBINED SOLE AND ARCH CONSTRUCTION FOR SHOES Filed June 10, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 dosa e E. fi/QA /\/0/ 55 5/ INVbNTOR.

A TTORNEYIY Feb. 8, 1938. J. R. RIGANDI COMBINED SOLE AND ARCH CONSTRUCTION FOR SHOES Filed June 10, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I- an...

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Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE commie!) SOLE AND Anon cons'muc- I TION roa snons Joseph Ruig Rigandi, Westerlelgh, N. Application June 10, 1938, Serial No. 84,393

8 Claims. (01. 36-71) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoes and more particularly it pertains to a new and novel construction of combined sole and arch supporter.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a novel construction in shoes for the purpose of building into the shoe an arch supporter.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the nature thereof is better understood for which purpose reference will be had to the following specification and claims and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation partly in section of the front portion of a shoe which is constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a detail transverse sectional view of a shoe constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of an insole embodying the improved construction,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of an insole embodying the improved construction,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Figure 4,

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line "|-l of Figure 5,

Figure 8 is a plan view illustrating a modified form of construction,

Figure 9 is a view in side elevation illustrating that form of the invention shown in Figure 8,

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view partly broken away showing that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 8 and 9, Figure 11 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line il--il of Figure 9,

Figure 12 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line l2-l2 of Figure Figure 13 is a plan view illustrating a still further modified form of the invention,

Figure 14 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line i4-l4 of Figure 13,

Figure 15 is a detail longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line l5l5 of Figure 13,

Figure 16 is a bottom plan view partly broken -50 away illustrating the detail construction of the modified form shown in Figures 13 to 17, inclusive,

Figure 1'7 is a detail perspective view, and; Figure 18 is a transverse sectional view through 55 the heel portion of a shoe constructed in accordance with that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 15 through 1'1.

Referring specifically to the drawings by reference character, and more particularly to Figures 1 through '7, inclusive, the reference numeral 20 5 designates the upper of the shoe, the same having a lining 2|. 22 designates an insole which has a lining '23 to which is secured by stitching 24 a skeleton sole member 25. Secured to the skeleton sole member there is a welt 26 and to this welt 10 26 the outer sole 21 of the shoe is secured. Interposed between the outer sole and the insole 22 there is a suitable pad or filling material 28.

By reference to Figures 4 to 6, inclusive, it will be noted that the insole 22 is formed at a 15 point intermediate its ends with an arch portion 23" which may be formed in the shoe in any desired manner preferably by moulding the insole at this point. By reference to Figure!) it will be noted that the skeleton sole member 25 comprises a relatively narrow body portion which conforms in shape to the shape of the insole and is secured thereto by the stitching 24 in such a manner that the skeleton sole member defines the outer edge of the insole 22. The inner wall or 25 edge of the skeleton sole is undercut as designated by the reference character 30', in the drawings. The lining 23 which is of fabric or any suitable material is secured to the insole preferably by cementing. This lining covers the area defined 30 by the skeleton sole member 25 and also, as shown at 3| in Figure 6, forms a lining for the undercut inner edge walls of the skeleton sole member 25. This construction provides an area 32 within the confines of the skeleton sole member 25 and when 5 the outer sole 21 is placed in position, this construction would provide a space in the area 32 if it were not for the filler 28. This filler 28 may be of any suitable compressible cushion materialand is adapted to fill the space between the insole 4o 22 and the outer sole 21, as best illustrated in Figure 2. This material may be secured in position, in any desired manner.

The welt 26 heretofore mentioned is secured to the skeleton sole member 25 by suitable stitching 33 and the outer sole 21 is secured to the welt by suitable stitching 34. The stitching 33 which secures the welt 26 to the skeleton sole also secures the several elements of the upper 20 to the skeleton sole at a point between the insole and the outer sole.

It will be noted that the skeleton sole 2! conforms to the shape of the insole 22 on the arched 'portion 23 thereof, and this construction provides a built-in arch support when the shoe is comas pleted, which will serve, to support the arch of the foot of the wearer.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 8 to 12, inclusive, the insole 60 is formed with an arch portion 5| intermediate of its ends as in the heretofore described form of the invention. In this form of the invention, however, I'employ a compressible arch supporting pad 52 of suitable compressible material. is so shaped as to conferm generally to the arch portion of the insole and is adapted to be received therein, as illustrated in Figure 9. This arch supporting pad 52 is preferably permanently fixed to the under face of the insole by cementing, althoughit may be secured thereto inany other desired manner. In this form of the invention the skeleton sole member is designated 55 and it is secured to the insole member 50 in substantially the same manner as in the heretofore described form of the invention except that at the point where the arch supporting pad is secured to the insole the skeleton sole member does not contact or engage the insole but instead p'asses across the arch supporting pad in such a manner that the arch supporting pad is interposed between the insole and the skeleton sole member. The skeleton sole member where it contacts with the arch supporting pad is secured thereto preferably by cementing so that the insole, the arch supporting pad and the skeleton sole member constitute a unitary structure. It is to be understood that the construction just described is secured in position in the shoe in the same manner as the previeusly described form of the invention and that when the shoe is completed, a built-in arch supporter results.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 14 to 18, the insole is designated 60. This insole carries on its under face a skeleton sole member 6|, which skeleton sole member has a continuous heel and shank portion 62. At its op. posite end the insole 60 carries a skeleton heel member 63. This skeleton heel member cemprises a relatively narrow strip cemented or otherwise secured to and conforming in shape to the heel portion of the insole.

In this form of the invention the areh suppcrting pad which is designated 55 is carried by an elongated member 66 having an openmg 61 therein. This elongated member may be of a rigid material such as metal, or it may be of a semi-rigid nature if desired, and it is secured to the continueus heel and shank portion of the skeleton sole by suitable fastenings which pass through openings 68 in the ends of the elongated member, the fastenings being designated 69 in Figure 16. As shown in Figure 14 the arch supporting pad 65 has a head portion ll) which is adapted to be received in the opening 61 of the elongated member 66, and this means serves to position and hold in position the arch supporting pad 65.

This last described structure is adapted to be incorporated in a shoe in the same manner as the two forms heretofore described.

In Figure 18 I have illustrated a heel construction which consists of a plurality of lifts" which are secured by fastenings. ill. The heel which comprises these several lifts is secured to the shoe upper 20 fastenings 83. These fastenings 83 are preferably in the form of nails or tacks and by examining said Figure 18 it, will be noted that when thefastenings 83 aredriven home, their pointedendswill engage the elongated member 66 and will-be" turned over er clinched thereby.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the This areh supporting pad present invention provides a new and improved construction of combining an insole and arch support for shoes and that the objects of the-in vention are accomplished by the embodiments thereof herein illustrated.

- Having thus described the invention whatis .claimed as new, is:

1. A combined sole and arch support construction comprising in cembination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends, a relatively narrow skeleton sole member defining the edge of said insole member, said skeleton sole member having its inner edge undercut, and a compressible arch supporting pad secured to said insole at the arched portion thereof, said compressible supporting pad being interposed between the insole and the skeleton sole.

2. A combined sole and arch support construction comprising in combination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends; a relati 'ely narrow skeleton sole member defining the edge of said insole member, said skeleton sole member having its inner edge undercut, and a compressible arch supporting pad secured to said insole at the arched portion thereof, said compressible supporting pad being interposed between the insole and the skeleton sole, said pad also being cemented to the skeleton sole member.

3. A combined sole and arch support construction comprising in combination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends, a skeleton sole member carried by said insole and defining the marginal edge thereof, an arch supporting element, and means for attaching the arch supporting element to said skeleton sole member. 1

4. A combined-sole and'arch support construction comprising in combination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends, ,a skeleton sole member carried by said insole and defining the marginal edge thereof, an arch supporting element, and means for attaching the arch supporting element to said skeleton sole member, said last mentioned means comprising an elongated body member for carrying said arch supporting element. I

5. A combined sole and arch support construction comprising in combination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends, a

- skeleton scle member having a continuous shank and heel portion, a compressible arch supporting pad, means for carrying said arch supporting pad, and means for attaching said pad carrying means to said skeleton sole member with the pad disposed within the anched portion of the insole.

6. A combined sole and arch support construction comprising in combination, an insole having an arched portion intermediate of its ends, av

skeleton sole member having a continuous shank andheel'portion, a compressible arch supporting pad, means for carrying said arch supporting pad, means for attaching said pad carrying means to said skeleton sole member with the pad disposed an arched portion intermediate of its ends, a

skeleton sole member having a continuous shank and heel portion, a compressible arch supporting pad, means for carrying said arch supporting pad, 7 means for attaching said pad carrying means to said skeleton sole member with the pad disposed within the arched portion of the insole, said last mentioned means comprising an elongated metal plate having an opening therein for the recep-v tion of a projection on said arch supporting pad to'secure the pad to the plate, and means for seheel portion, a skeleton heel member comprising a relatively narrow strip defining the rear and side edges or the heel portion of the insole, said skeleton heel member serving to space the insole from the continuous shank and heel portion of the skeleton sole member, an elongated plate secured at its ends to the continuous portion of said skeleton sole member and positioned in the space between the continuous portion of said skeleton sole member and the insole, and an arch support- 10 

